Silvia Cavalleri

Silvia Cavalleri
Silvia Cavalleri
	Cavalleri during 2010 Women's British Open
Personal information
Born	10 October 1972 (age 52); Milan, Italy
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Sporting nationality	Italy
Residence	Milan, Italy
Career
College	Politecnico di Milano
Turned professional	1997
Current tour(s)	Ladies European Tour (joined 1997); LPGA (joined 1999)
Professional wins	2
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour	1
Ladies European Tour	1
Best results in LPGA major championships;
Chevron Championship	T51: 2008
Women's PGA C'ship	T16: 2006
U.S. Women's Open	T27: 2000
du Maurier Classic	DNP
Women's British Open	T25: 2001
Evian Championship	DNP
Medal record
Mediterranean Games

Silvia Cavalleri (born 10 October 1972) is an Italian professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour. She was the first Italian to win a tournament on the LPGA Tour.^[1]

Amateur career and education

Cavalleri was born in Milan, Italy. She won the 1990 Girls Amateur Championship and represented Europe in the Vagliano Trophy five times between 1989 and 1997. She represented Italy in the Espirito Santo Trophy World Amateur Team Championship in 1992 and 1996, was the 1996 World Amateur individual champion,^[2] and the 1997 U.S. Women's Amateur champion. She won the European Ladies Amateur Championship in 1996 and 1997.

She graduated from Politecnico di Milano university in 1998 with a degree in architecture.

Professional career

Cavalleri turned professional in 1997 and played in 1998 on the Ladies European Tour. She joined the LPGA Tour in 1999. She won her first professional tournament in 2007 at the Corona Championship, becoming the first Italian to win an LPGA tournament.

Professional wins (2)

LPGA Tour (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runners-up
1	29 Apr 2007	Corona Championship	−20 (69-68-69-66=272)	2 strokes	Julieta Granada Lorena Ochoa

Ladies European Tour wins (1)

1999 Royal Marie-Claire Open

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order before 2014.

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
Kraft Nabisco Championship				CUT			CUT	CUT	T51	70	CUT	CUT	CUT
U.S. Women's Open	T27				CUT	CUT	T57	WD	CUT			CUT
Women's British Open		T25	CUT	T64	CUT	CUT	T45	CUT			CUT	CUT
LPGA Championship		CUT	T22	CUT		CUT	T16	T62	T58	CUT	T62	T75		CUT	CUT
The Evian Championship ^

Note: The Women's British Open replaced the du Maurier Classic as an LPGA major in 2001.
^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013.

Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
"T" = tied

Team appearances

Amateur

European Ladies' Team Championship (representing Italy): 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997
Espirito Santo Trophy (representing Italy): 1992, 1996

Professional

World Cup (representing Italy): 2006, 2008

References

^ "With Corona Morelia win, Cavalleri is first Italian LPGA champ". Associated Press. 29 April 2007. Archived from the original on 2 May 2007. Retrieved 29 April 2007.
^ "World Amateur Team Championship Record Books". International Golf Federation. Retrieved 29 April 2007.

External links

Silvia Cavalleri at the LPGA Tour official site
Silvia Cavalleri at the Legends Tour official site

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[firstitalian-1] "With Corona Morelia win, Cavalleri is first Italian LPGA champ". Associated Press. 29 April 2007. Archived from the original on 2 May 2007. Retrieved 29 April 2007.

[IGF-2] "World Amateur Team Championship Record Books". International Golf Federation. Retrieved 29 April 2007.

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